I have naught else to communicate, except that the order given to intercept the messenger of the Holy See hath failed of its object." "Of this the secretaries advertised me.

We must look into the negligence of the agents, for there is good reason to believe much useful knowledge would have come from that seizure." "As the attempt is already known and much spoken of, care must be had to issue orders for the arrest of the robbers, else may the Republic fall into disrepute with its friends.

There are names on our list which might be readily marked for punishment, for that quarter of our patrimony is never in want of proscribed to conceal an accident of this nature." "Good heed will be had to this, since, as you say, the affair is weighty.

The government or the individual that is negligent of reputation, cannot expect long to retain the respect of its equals." "The ambition of the House of Hapsburgh robs me of my sleep!" exclaimed the other, throwing aside some papers, over which his eye had glanced in disgust.

"Holy St.Theodore! what a scourge to the race is the desire to augment territories and to extend an unjust rule, beyond the bounds of reason and nature! Here have we, in Venice, been in undisputed possession of provinces that are adapted to our institutions, convenient to our wants, and agreeable to our desires, for ages; provinces that were gallantly won by our ancestors, and which cling to us as habits linger in our age: and yet are they become objects of a covetous ambition to our neighbor, under a vain pretext of a policy that I fear is strengthened by our increasing weakness.